Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-16
JUDGE TURPIE'S CASE.
Inner History Of the V0ts on the Gre,
dentials-How Senator Hoar De-
cided the Matter.
A National Powder Bil-Some Weak rub
lie Buildings-Pictursfque Demo-
Gratis In the Senate.
Special Correspondence of the Gazette.

case oil turned, as appears from the bes
information to be had, upon the decide
stand taken by Senator Hoar. The RI
publican Senators rendered timid by th
nice equilibrium OF party strength IN tt
Senate, did not dare to hold caucuses a
usual at the capitol, so they met at thei
| own houses. Saturday evening befor
the Senate assembled the Republics
Senators were invited to dine at Judg
Edmunds' house, where thew held
long discussion, until after midnight
on the question whether Judge Turpi
shou d be seated or not. They did no
reach conclusion, and the next night
Sunday evening, all were invited to Johl
Sherman's residence. Meanwhile Sunda,
afternoon, Senator Hoar was riding eve
the cars from New York. AS chairman @.
the committee on elections his opinion II
the crisis was deemed almost pivotal
The friends of Senator Harrison, knoHf6s
this, had adroitly played their cayds &c
secure Mr.. Hoar's opposition to sssat5he
Judge Turpie. When the Senator usAde
himself at home in his car for theTide te
Washington he found in the sarid ca,
John G. New of Indiana, and it w8spoi
long before he was listening to anSelabe.
rate argument against Turpie's Iredan,
tials. "The presidents, "said SsnEtSr Hoal
to Mr.. New, "are too strongzs4o be
Ignored. Judge Turpie came W*hsfhe
certificate OF his election signed By the
Governor and the Lieutenant Governo,
sttestS the signature Of the Governor
Now with those two names on the paper,
do not see how we can refuse him his
seat. 1t is entirely different from the
Faulkner case from West Virginia. There
we do not have certificate that Judge
Faulkner was elected, but simply a
certified statement as to what the Legis-
lature did. When called together for a
specific purpose, it went outside Of its
constitutional duty and elected Faulkner.
ALI this appears on the paper which Judge
Faulkner presents. We could not fail to
reject his credentials; we are equally
bound to accept Judge Turpie's." When
Senator Hoar alighted from his car in
Washington, he found messengers ready
to hurry him to Senator Sherman's house,
where he was called upon for his opinion.
He repeated to his fellow senators what
he had said to Mr.. New, and that ended
the caucus.
Among the recommendations which the
Secretary OF War makes to Congress, is
one of peculiar interesr-that in regard
to the morning and evening gun at army
posts throughout the Union. In July,
1867, General Grant by general order
provided for firing sunset and sunrise
gun wherever troops of the United States
were stationed. The exigencies of the
war had demanded the manufacture Of vast
quantities of powder, for which millions
OF dollars had been paid. The stipend
Gus amount OF this powder can be i'm
agined from the fact that the morning and
evening gun, fired at every military post
throughout the United States for twenty
years, has only this year exhausted the
supply LETT over from the war. List
March, the sunrise and sunset signals had
to be abandoned at all military posts ex-
cept West Point, and the schools of
instruction at Fortress Monroe
and Fort Leavenworth. To fire this
gun morning and evening will consume
during the coming year 100 barrels of
powder, at cost of $4,000. Patriotic
pride will undoubtedly prevail with Con-
gress to pass this item unchallenged. For
to Americans it is like the English drum
beat heard round the world.
4AV INV SdPOAN1oluS hlSulLSCly
Freret, is gradually shaping the work of
his office under policy which is likely to
make lasting impression upon the arch1
lecture of public buildings throughout the
country. Hitherto nearly all of the de-
signing has been done by one Or two
employees OF the office. Mr.. Freret is
distributing his assignments, so
that other talent has now some
chance to display itself. Mr..
Bells administration effected marked
in the territory of govern
ment architecture. It was all in the di-
rection of more pleasing modern struc-
lures. Mr.. Freret leans towards his early
bent for the oriental and fantastic school
of architecture. With the increase of
in the southern states and the
gradual diversion of appropriation for
puolic buildings in that section rather
than the west and north, it has become
necessary for the supervising architect to
make special study of those forms and
plans of buildings that will be suited to
the southern climate. Mr.. Bell had made
progress in this direction
Mr.. Freret promises to make still greater.
There are upwards Of thirty public
buildings now under way Or about to be
started. Several that would have been well
along this season have been delayed owing
to changes in the plans which seemed ad-
visable to the Supervising Architect. 1t
was soon found when the present archi-
tect entered upon his duties that he must
60 slow, and recent experience has justi-
fed this conclusion. Within the past
week several Congressman and Senators
have called upon Mr.. Freret to complain
Of the way in which several buildings are
being constructed. The public build
ing at st. Joseph, Mo-, settled
during the month of November four
and q half inches. This building is
completed as far as the third story, and
has cost thus far $4,000. Mr.. Freret
says that the building will necessarily
have to be taken down and rebuilt The
public building at Council. Bluffs, Iowa,
has settled two inches within the past
month and half, and there is considers-
ole alarm about It,. A similar complaint |
Is made in regard to the public building
It Quincy, Ills, and work there has been |
ordered stopped. At present Mr.. |
Freret's problem is not how to start and |
,uild new Buildings, so much as to know
low to save those that have been badly
started. The difficulty IN the cases